SOME 2.5 million residents in Region 1 have registered for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Step 2 as of Oct. 31, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). In a 3rd annual forum, PSA Region 1 civil registration and administrative support division officer-in-charge Camille Beltran said 1.49 million registrants were…
DAGUPAN CITY MARKET MESS THE Small-Scale Vendors and Fish Consignment Association (SSVFCA) finally decided to file a complaint with the regional office of the National Bureau of Investigation in San Fernando City in La union in connection with the alleged collection of monthly protection money supposedly by market marshals from small-scale…
TO THE RESCUE – Three policewomen with the Field Training Police of the Dagupan Police Station, help the mother move the wheelchair of her handicapped child towards a waiting ambulance. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution asking Mayor Brian Lim to authorize Aguedo Sta, Maria, the city market supervisor, to appear at its November 16 session to shed light on the complaint of small-scale vendors that they are being made to pay P100 worth of cash tickets daily, P80 more…
THE vaccine rollout for minors, aged 12 to 17 years old, in Pangasinan saw the administration of the anti-COVID-19 vaccines to 1,500 youngsters from different places in Pangasinan for their first jab. This was bared by Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, who added that since the launching of…
THE Police Regional Office 1 covered court in San Fernando City, La Union, in cooperation with the Department of Health-Regional Office 1 and Ilocos Training Regional and Medical Center inoculated some 262 minors, aged 12 to 17, all dependents of police personnel in Region 1 last week. P/Brig. General Emmanuel…
THE average bed occupancy rate in the 14 provincial government-run hospitals of Pangasinan is down to 26%, making wards with COVID-dedicated beds spacious. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, said out of 570 dedicated COVID-19 beds, only 148 beds are utilized since the province started recording only a daily…
SOME 1,273 minors, or 34.6 percent of eligible 675 pediatric population, were inoculated with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines as of November 8. Data of the Municipal Health Office showed that most eligible minors were from Brgy. San Roque with 234 registered youths aged 12 to 17 years old….
IRRESPONSIBLE MOTORISTS – With no traffic enforcer in sight, irresponsible motorists park wherever and however possible, including blocking a sidewalk and double-parking at the corner of Galvan St. and Perez Blvd. in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
A father and his son were electrocuted on Nov. 5 when the son touched a live wire in their palay farm in Barangay Dacap Sur, Bani town. P/SSgt. Jose Sanicolas Jr, investigator-on-case, identified the victims as Joey Ortaleza, 56 and Mark Ortaleza, 21, both residents of Barangay Dacap. Both were…
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